The Gates of November Chronicles of the Slepak Family
by Chaim Potok
Through the lives of a Jewish father and son in the Soviet Union, this book chronicles both the history of 20th-century Russia and the social history of Russian Jews. It describes the euphoria of early Communist rule, the terror of Stalin's purges, the power of the KGB and exile in Siberia.
Biography & AutobiographyJewishHistoryRussiaPolitical SciencePolitical Ideologies
RELEASED1997
PUBLISHERSecker & Warburg
LENGTH249
LANGUAGEEN
Chaim Potok (February 17, 1929 – July 23, 2002) was an American author, novelist, playwright, editor and rabbi. Of the more than dozen novels he authored, his first book The Chosen (1967), was listed on The New York Times’ bestseller list for 39 weeks and sold more than 3,400,000 copies and which was adapted into a well-received 1981 feature film by the same title.
The Gates of November Chronicles of the Slepak Family
by Chaim Potok
Through the lives of a Jewish father and son in the Soviet Union, this book chronicles both the history of 20th-century Russia and the social history of Russian Jews. It describes the euphoria of early Communist rule, the terror of Stalin's purges, the power of the KGB and exile in Siberia.
Biography & AutobiographyJewishHistoryRussiaPolitical SciencePolitical IdeologiesCommunism, Post-Communism & SocialismSocial Science
RELEASED1997
PUBLISHERSecker & Warburg
LENGTH249
LANGUAGEEN
Chaim Potok (February 17, 1929 – July 23, 2002) was an American author, novelist, playwright, editor and rabbi. Of the more than dozen novels he authored, his first book The Chosen (1967), was listed on The New York Times’ bestseller list for 39 weeks and sold more than 3,400,000 copies and which was adapted into a well-received 1981 feature film by the same title.
